Daily Kennebec journal., 1887-12-13
THE NATIONS SCAPITAL.
Doines Of Both Branches Of Con.
greSS.
President Cleveland Sends a Batch
Of Nominations to the
Senate.
4 Large List Of Bills and Resolves Turned
Into the Legislative Mill-StOne.
Lamar'S Confirmation Growing Doubtful.
Lamar's Confirmation Growing Doubtful.
SENATE.
MAsHINGroN. Dec. II.

/ for the hftieth Congress. The resolution
was adopted.
/ similar resolution naming the senators
| To constitute the select committees, also Of
fered by Hoar and adopted
| A large number of communications and
petitions were presented and referred, among
them the following
For allowance of bounty of $3.50 per
month, to all men who served in the army
during the war.
For pensions to all who served during the
war.
| Asking additional compensation for fourth
| For a committee of arbitration with Great
Britain.
For an amendment of the constitution al
lowing Congress to pass uniform laws on the
subjects of marriage and divorce.
| For amendment to the constitution prohib-
/ iting the manufacture; importation or sale
of Intoxicating liquors in the United States.
| Senator Aldrch introduced bill TO apply
the treasury surplus to the purchase of
| bonds.
! BY Aldrich---to authorize the secretary of
the treasury to apply the surplus money in
the treasury to the purchase of United States
bonds or to the prepayment of the interest
on the public debt.
BY Manderson---granting II pension to eve
ry soldier and sailor.
By Sherman---for the encouragement of
closer commercial relations and in the inter
est of the perpetuation of peace between the
United States and the republics of Mexico
and Central South America and the empire
of Brazil,
BY Farwell---to perpetuate the national
banking system.
BY Blair---to aid in the establishment and
temporary support of common schools. Also
for constitutional amendments extending the
right of suffrage to women and to the
manufacture, importation, expectation, trans
portation and sale of alcoholic liquors.
Also for the relief oil women enrolled as
army nurses.
pension claimants.
BY Turpie---For the admission as States of
Washington territory and Dakota
Bv Hoar-'-f the erection of monument
to the negro soldiers and sailors who gave
their lives for the preservation of the gov
erument.
| Bv Chandler---iixing the salaries of the
several Judges of the United States district
court at 5000.
BY Cockerell-To provide for the prepar-
alton of federal code of procedure.
By Hawley---To reimburse the prisoners
of the war who were in military service dur
the war of the rebellion.
By Edmunds---To pay the widow of the
late Prof. Baird compensation for sixteen
wears grattuous service by Prof. as fish COM
missioner.
Also, providing for the inspection of meats
and for the expectation and prevent the i'm
portaton of adulterated articles.
Also, for ascertaining and settling the pri-
vate land claims in certain States and terri
tories.
| Also. for the confinement of inebrates in
the government hospital for the insane.
Also, amending the laws relating to the
disposition of the property of the United
States.
Also. to limit and regulate the fees and
compensation of the circuit court commits
sioners.
Also. to facilitate the administration of
laws in the territory of Alaska.
BY Mitchell---Abrogating all treaties with
the Chinese empire, so far as they permit
the coming of Chinese into the United States
and absolutely prohibiting the same except
as diplomatic, consular or other officials
Also. to prohibit Objectionable foreign i'm
migration and encourage desirable imuigra-
and protect American labor.
Also. to amend the laws relating to draw
backs and duty on manufactured tin.
Bv Dolph-- Proposing constitutional
amendment empowering congress to legislate
on the subject of marriage and divorce and
prohibiting bigamy and polygamy.
BY West---To increase the pension of the
widow of General W. Z. Blair.
Bv Blair--Relating to the enclosure of GER
tain points of special interest on the battle
field of Gettysburg.
By Dolph--To provide forti6cations for
other seacoast defences. 1t appropriates
Sl26,377 5000; S2l 100000 for the fiscal
wears ending June 3d. 1883; S9,000,00o fol-
each wear thereafter for eleven years: So
s77 5000 for the fiscal year ending June 80
1901 which will be expended in accordance
with the recommendation in the report OF
Notifications board, in the construction OF
fortfications at places named in that report.
These include all the most prominent points
on the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf and Lake
coasts.
By Aldrich--For public building at Paw
tucket and Woonsocket, r. l.
BY EdmundsTo provide for the establish
ment of postal telegraph. Ut is the Ed
munds' postal telegraph bill of two year
ago.
Bv Beck---To provide for the retirement
of legal tenders and national bank notes OF
small denominations and issue gold certfi
Gates.
II provides for the retirement of legal ten
ders below the denominations of $40 AM
above $500, and for the retirement of ma
tional bank notes below the denomination o
500: for the retirement of gold and slve
j ,pjf he. of cpiu PortIti
Gates instead in denominations not exceeding
500, based on all surplus gold and silve
, coin Gold bullion can be held at any tim
: bv the United States in excess of $1,000
900 in gold coins.
| The secretary is required to pay out tn
same in discharge of all obligations excel
sach as are expressly payable in gold or sil
, yer coin.
II authorizes the deposit of coin in sum
of $40 or more with the treasurer or an
assistant treasurer, the depositor to receiv
coin certificates in exchange. All the certIf
Gates when received back by the treasury ar
to be reissued S50,000 will be appropriate
, for cost of certificates.
By Vance--To amend the civil service ac
. 1t provides that the civil service commissio
shall have no power to make any rule or reg
ulation excluding any applicant for civil sci
/, vice appointment by reason of age, nor fo
dropping any one from the list of eligible
because of time limitation.
+, Ii further provides that at the request c
any appointing officer of the government
shall be the duty of the commission to sen
t to him the names of all who have been e.
e amined and found to be competent frol
e which to make q selection.
a By Morrill-To regulate immigration.